We're finally getting closer to what that cover art is trying to get at, Koyuki playing the guitar in a live setting. I wish I had more volumes of this title.
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Volume 2: (by Harold Sakuishi) is where this story picks up the pace and starts to show it's true intentions. Koyuki trains to reach the standards that Izumi set in front of the whole swim team. He receives a guitar from Ryuusuke but misfortune quickly falls unto his lap. After meeting a specific person from the training he had done previously, this person helps Koyuki with his misfortune and teaches him how to play the guitar. He also plays with a band in this volume but I won't tell more because it's too good to spoil!
Art: I feel like it's improving because it's being published monthly and the mangaka has more time to draw than if this was a weekly manga. The serious scenes are drawn seriously with (a kind of) great detail. I don't want this manga to be seriously all the way because it would just be a comic then, not a manga (if you get what I'm saying).
Panel Pacing: Good! I like the scenes that are highlighted (made into a whole page) because it doesn't just go the standard route of putting every scene in a regular panel. It doesn't waste space and it really expresses movement fluidly, albeit, several milliseconds of action compressed into one panel.
Story: You still get the good story and this is where it picks up. It's not slow, unlike the first volume. I think it turned too quickly. Koyuki should've had more of a challenge in playing the guitar. He plays on stage after only several months. I played my first gig after one and a half years of playing the guitar and that performance bombed.
Characters: New characters show up, the swim trainer and moja-moja-kun (Shaggy). The swim trainer is a step ladder for Koyuki in his new found career. Moja-moja-kun is one of the main characters that will be a part of the ultimate band. Development wise, I think Koyuki grew more as a character where he gains confidence in himself and sing in public. We also see that Izumi gets close to Koyuki but she's never there when he needs her. She's close but she's drifting to somewhere else. Then we see Maho stir up something, we still don't know if she likes him or not. There's no definite proof that they both like each other.
Bottomline: Read it. If you get passed volume 1 then you are probably wanting more from this series. We also get to see Koyuki perform and have his first experiences with a girl (no, not that kind of "first"), ecchi! You can't pass this up. I feel like you can skim through the first volume and then seriously read this because it's where the beginning is really at.
So we are moving on from reviewing the same titles for two weeks. Tomorrow is gonna be a different title so please, stay with me as I review that! Thanks!
Just what the speech bubble says.
Story: You still get the good story and this is where it picks up. It's not slow, unlike the first volume. I think it turned too quickly. Koyuki should've had more of a challenge in playing the guitar. He plays on stage after only several months. I played my first gig after one and a half years of playing the guitar and that performance bombed.
And this is how they got their band name.
Characters: New characters show up, the swim trainer and moja-moja-kun (Shaggy). The swim trainer is a step ladder for Koyuki in his new found career. Moja-moja-kun is one of the main characters that will be a part of the ultimate band. Development wise, I think Koyuki grew more as a character where he gains confidence in himself and sing in public. We also see that Izumi gets close to Koyuki but she's never there when he needs her. She's close but she's drifting to somewhere else. Then we see Maho stir up something, we still don't know if she likes him or not. There's no definite proof that they both like each other.
Bottomline: Read it. If you get passed volume 1 then you are probably wanting more from this series. We also get to see Koyuki perform and have his first experiences with a girl (no, not that kind of "first"), ecchi! You can't pass this up. I feel like you can skim through the first volume and then seriously read this because it's where the beginning is really at.
So we are moving on from reviewing the same titles for two weeks. Tomorrow is gonna be a different title so please, stay with me as I review that! Thanks!
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